Yes, it's interesting that on the one hand there is an impulse toward conformity (repeating whatever seems familiar)...and on the other hand there is an impulse toward innovation (seeking "newness").

These two impulses appear to contradict one another, but they are both present in most human beings to varying degrees. In politics this has been expressed in the past as the "conservative" viewpoint (loyalty to past norms) and the "liberal" viewpoint (flexibility)...but those 2 words have become so bastardized in the present day political arena that they have pretty much lost whatever meaning they once had.